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1. It's on the New Hampshire for the Republican presidential candidates. The latest tallies¹ of Mitt² Romney topping Rick Santorum by just 8 votes, it's the closest Iowa caucuses³ result ever.

2. President Obama goes to Ohio Wednesday to make his case about the economy. The president is just back from his vacation in Hawaii.

3. New York city police have made an arrest in a string of firebomb attacks. One of the attacks was against an Islamic center on New Year's Day. The suspect faces hit crime and arson⁴ charges.

4. And Egyptians are voting in the final round of parliamentary elections today. The vote is expected to get Islamists parties take control of the parliament. Many pro-democracy activists⁵ say they are worried about the Islamists and military holding on the power together, and putting off pro-democracy reforms.

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1 tallies
n.账( tally的名词复数 )；符合；（计数的）签；标签v.计算，清点( tally的第三人称单数 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合
参考例句：
Cash on hand tallies with the figure in the accounts. 现款跟账上的数目没有出入。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分记了下来。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。来自互联网

4 arson
n.纵火，放火
参考例句：
He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。 He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

5 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》